Vatican II’s refusal to Condemn Has Led to More Condemnations
• The scandals surrounding Jean Vanier, the founder of L’Arche, and his mentor Dominican Father Thomas Philippe, have not remained “secret.”
• Justice was done. In 1956, Philippe was forbidden to exercise any ministry because of his immorality und sex teachings.
• But things changed from 1964 when the bishops stopped condemning heresy and perversion.
• Those who disagreed were considered representatives of “the repression of the pre-conciliar period.”
• The Philippe case shows that Church justice worked well until Vatican II. But after that, any proper trial was considered as “archaic”, “conservative” and “legalistic”.
• John XXIII believed that condemning heresy was contrary to his "new spring" and “aggiornamento.
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